Exploratory descriptive study with qualitative approach, which aims to analyze the contribution of the critical-creative training process in the placement of nurses in the job market. Data collection occurred in August and September of 2011, through structured interviews conducted with 15 graduates of the undergraduate Nursing Degree of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). These nurses graduated in the two years before this study was made and they are already inserted in the job market. The results demonstrate that the development of leadership, people management and personal relations skills, in addition to teaching preparation, improve the integration into the labor market. Given the obstacles, the graduates felt encouraged to continue the learning process, becoming aware of the importance of continuing education as a fundamental tool for the changing reality.
Job Market; Education, Nursing; Education, Higher; Nursing